Species Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cerithium torulosum Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp. [482].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG 109736.
• Cerithium columna Sowerby, G.B. 1834. The genera of Recent and Fossil shells. London Vol. 2 pls 127-262, and unnumbered text. [273, pl. 213].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 19862841, Philippines.
• Cerithium fusiforme Sowerby, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847-899, pls 176-186. [862, pl. 180, fig. 16,17] [not Cerithium fusiforme Leymerie, 1844].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1986170, Philippines.
• Cerithium menkei Deshayes, G.P. 1863. Catalogue des Mollusques de l'Île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Annexe E in Maillard, L. (ed.). Notes sur l'isle de La Réunion. Paris : Dentu. [97, pl. 38].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Reunion.
• Cerithium siphonatum Sowerby, G.B. 1865. Monograph of the genus Cerithium. Reeve's manuscript. pls 1-20 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 13, fig. 90a,b].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1986182.
• Cerithium sandvichense Reeve, L.A. in Sowerby, G.B. 1865. Monograph of the genus Cerithium. Reeve's manuscript. pls 1-20 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 6, fig. 37a,b].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1986179, Sandwich Islands, (Hawaii).
• Vertagus torulosus Sowerby, G.B. 1865. Monograph of the genus Cerithium. Reeve's manuscript. pls 1-20 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 5, fig. 25a,b].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Society Islands.
• Cerithium cylindraceum Pease, W.H. 1869. Descriptions of new species of Marine Gastropodae inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 5(2): 64-79, pl. 8 [77, pl. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 17703, Paumotus.
• Cerithium sculptum Pease, W.H. 1869. Descriptions of new species of Marine Gastropodae inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 5(2): 64-79, pl. 8 [77, pl. 8, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 17592, Paumotus.
• Cerithium proditum Bayle, E. 1880. Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres et d'espèces. Journal de Conchyliologie 28: 240-251 [246].
• Cerithium citrinoide Kobelt, W. 1893. Die Gattung Cerithium Lam. 89-160, pls 19-30 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1. [122-123, pl. 23].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 228-197, Philippines.
• Cerithium peasi Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, J.L. 1933. Les Mollusques Testacés Marins des Établissements Français de L'Océanie. Journal de Conchyliologie 77(2): 145-326 [310].
• Cerithium munitoides Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [43, pl. 13, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT 54853.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cerithium (Cerithium) columna Sowerby, 1834. —
  Rehder, H.A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascura) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289: 1–167 [35]
• Cerithium salebrosum auct. —
  Ladd, H.S. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 532: 1-79, 20 pls [37,39]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from east Africa and Red Sea to Hawaii and Easter Island Also Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.326278)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, rubble, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Biogenic soft substrates

 

General References

Houbrick, R.S. 1978. The family Cerithiidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The genera Rhinoclavis, Pseudovertagus and Clavocerithium. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 1: 1-130 [49-61, figs 31-36]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [121, fig. 45 M]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [116, pl. 17, figs 3-4]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [108, pl. 319, 320] (Pillar Creeper)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CERITHIIDAE	19-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		19-Feb-2015	MODIFIED